Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, & Yamato.

You tell me the "why" part.

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need pineapple cannon for that

He isn't wrong when it comes to the useful idiots throwing things

I know we discussed this on Discord already, but I'd go with Hood, Bismarck, Yamato, Arizona, and Missouri (for reasons different from yours, although based on your reasoning, yours is a very apt list).

...and your line of reasoning easily leads to your list.

I wonder where is on this topic.

If going by pure ability, I'd agree that all 4 Iowa class should take the top 4 spots. With Missouri and wisconsin ever slightly higher due to armor upgrades. The 5th spot should probably go to the South Dakota. On paper the new American ships outclassed anything the Atlantic Ocean saw, and while the Yamatos boasted bigger stats, they were on aggregate less effective at their intended role. Iowa class had better speed, armor quality, radar, far better AAA, not to mention outside factors that America had over Japan like a billion to one.

Bismarck and Hood have nice lore but don't belong in this same league.

Arizona? Wtf... not even in the same time zone. WW1 era hunk of metal, good in its day. Makes a great memorial.

Coolness factor, looks, different story entirely. Iowas are beautiful, but Yamato and Musashi are in my opinion that absolute best looking war machines ever put into service.

So I'd say given all factors, #1 battleship of the human race's history would have to go to the Mighty Mo. Unsurpassed among its WW2 counterparts, is currently an awesome museum, and is super famous.

This post was edited by Nibthebarb on Apr 29 2022 04:49pm

The Iowa class had higher quality armor, the South Dakota class did not. The South Dakota herself was driven off Guadalcanal by ships 30 years her junior. I would not change my list from the Yamato.

His list is battleships of the most historical significance.